Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Lamm, Felicity"
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Between class and gender: female activists in the Illawarra 1975-1980
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This thesis examines the historical relationships between two peak bodies at critical moments in the emergence of a new form of feminist activism in the Illawarra region of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The two ... -
Challenges Facing Migrant Workers in the New Zealand Construction Industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The construction industry, owing to its nature, tends to be rooted in a position in which the products tend to differ from one site to another and hence frequently calling for flexible teams of workers having a broad range ... -
An Exploration of Fatigue Amongst Caregivers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Working conditions of caregivers is characterised by long hours, heavy work demands and low pay. While there has been a great deal written on fatigue among nurses and doctors as a result working long and hard, little is ... -
An Exploration of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Competencies Among General OHS Professionals in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)The occupational health and safety (OHS) profession in New Zealand has made immense progress since its origins in post-colonial times due to a large extent because of progressive legislative and administrative developments; ... -
High-involvement Work Processes, Trust, and Employee Engagement: The Mediating Role of Perceptions of Organisational Justice and Politics
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A still growing body of empirical research has demonstrated that high-involvement work processes (HIWPs) have positive relationships with various measures of organisational effectives. However, critical scholars maintain ... -
An Inquiry into Contextual Factors Impacting the Occupational Health, Safety, and Well-Being of New Zealand Truck Drivers: an Ecological Systems Approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis provides an exploratory and critical inquiry of the system including contextual factors that impact the occupational health, safety, and well-being (OHSW) of truck drivers in New Zealand. Truck drivers, both ... -
The Land of Milk and Honey? An Investigation into the Working Experiences of International Students in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Labour markets within New Zealand, as with other similar economies, have overcome labour shortages through worker migration schemes, seasonal work programmes, or limited entitlements to work. However, significant numbers ... -
Migrant Worker Perceptions of Life, Work, Health and Safety in Kuwait: A Construction Industry Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Construction workers have experienced profound changes in working and living conditions over the past 30 years due to the rapid expansion of migrant labour, ineffective management, lax regulatory practices and business ... -
Occupational health and safety reforms in New Zealand: Tripartite views on the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The aim of this small-scale qualitative study was to explore the views of representatives from the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern), WorkSafe New Zealand, and the trade unions regarding the new Health and ... -
Safe enough? The working experiences of New Zealand children
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)‘Serious work in social legislation begins always with the protection of children’ Albert Thomas, first director of the ILO (ILO, 1931: i) The experience of New Zealand children in their working lives is a traditionally ... -
Talanoa: A Contribution to the Occupational Health and Safety Management of Pacific Peoples in the Construction Industry?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The New Zealand construction industry is comprised of a diverse workforce with a substantial number of Pacific Island workers whose employment is more often than not precarious in nature (Lamm et al., 2010). Government ... -
Transforming employment relationships? Making sense of conflict management in the workplace
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The way we manage workplace conflict matters because outcomes affect day-to-day relationships between individuals, families, team members, organisations and communities. The processes for managing employment relationship ... -
Unravelling Indian Migrant Workers’ Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Employment Assistance Programmes in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Migrant settlement and integration into the New Zealand labour market has been a longstanding concern for government agencies, migrant community groups, and researchers. Numerous initiatives to enable successful settlement ... -
What did you say? Worker participation in cooperatives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The focus of this thesis is on cooperatives and the different ways in which they operate as an organisation and how they manage their employment relationships compared to investor-owned enterprises. In particular, this ...